HARRY HUGHES, Governor                                2301

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
provision of this Act or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a
court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not
affect other provisions or any other application of this Act
which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act
are declared severable.

(32)  TO EXERCISE THE LICENSING AUTHORITY GRANTED
IN ARTICLE 56 AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.

(33)  SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY THE
PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 81, TO ESTABLISH AND COLLECT
REASONABLE FEES AND CHARGES:

(I)  FOR THE FRANCHISES, LICENSES, OR
PERMITS AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO BE GRANTED BY A MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION; OR

(II)  ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXERCISE OF ANY
GOVERNMENTAL OR PROPRIETARY FUNCTION AUTHORIZED BY LAW TO BE
EXERCISED BY A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
confirms and codifies authority heretofor thought to exist
and in no instance may a municipal corporation be required
to refund any tax or fee, collected prior to the effective
date of this Act, which would be valid under the terms of
this Act.

SECTION 2 4 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this
Act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety and having been passed by a yea and nay
vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to
each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the same
shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 566

(Senate Bill 765)

AN ACT concerning

Prince George's County -
School Board Districts

FOR the purpose of deleting the requirement for periodic
school board redistricting in Prince George's County;